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Here’s something Paige, my 15-year-old daughter, does: Sends me photos she takes with her cell phone. This one was taken at sunrise on top of her horse Monday morning. And this one was taken after her sister picked her up from soccer practice last night. I [...] Keep Reading

This was taken shortly before I started blogging. I only owned a point-and-shoot camera then, and didn’t know anything about photography…but this is still one of my favorite photos of him. Another one of my favorite photos. Okay, he happens to be naked and [...] Keep Reading

Well, it’s official: I am now fully committed to throwing on my yoga pants, t-shirt, and gravel-mangled tennis shoes on an almost nightly basis and setting off for what turns out to be a 3 to 4 mile walk/run/but mostly walk. I breath, pant, sweat, grunt, talk to the dogs, commune [...] Keep Reading

Here are some Thanksgiving-related answers to some Dear Pioneer Woman questions submitted over the past few days. As always, just remember that I don’t know anything! And as always, feel free to lend your advice/answers to any of the questions below. Love, P-Dub Dear Pioneer Woman: [...] Keep Reading

Both my boys made it to their football league’s championships, and the big games were Saturday. My baby’s team won their game first, and it brought a tear to my eye to watch the nine- and ten-year-olds jump around and pat one another on the back just like the big guys do on [...] Keep Reading

I woke up ready to write a wordy, newsy, highly captivating (okay, just wordy) post all about the coughing, cleaning, falling, cooking, dropping, popping, tripping, dreaming, and skidding that have gone on in my world over the past 48 hours…. But then I started reading the terrible [...] Keep Reading

First, just a little list. 1. I’m sitting on our sofa in the living room of our house and Charlie’s right jowl is spread out all over my foot and his snore is causing the entire room to vibrate. It’s strangely nice. 9. All four of my kids are sick and coughing. Poor [...] Keep Reading

A few Sundays ago, I had what I think will go on record as the klutziest morning of my life. I woke up and discovered there was a slight chill in the air, so I stumbled over to my dresser and opened the second drawer from the top in order to retrieve my lightweight black sweater, which I [...] Keep Reading

Thank you for letting me continue to share my experiences from TV Land! Having my cookbook at the printer has opened up this entire world of this thing they call time. I’m really enjoying being able to do this thing they call blogging again. Here. Let me prove it it you! This [...] Keep Reading

I’ve well established that our household is a football-crazed one, and even in the summertime, when football season still seems so far away, my kid’s love for the sport runs deep. Here, my baby is playing the part of formidable football opponent. [...] Keep Reading

1. He likes nothing but grass all the way to the foundation of our house. I like a jungle of beautiful flowers and creeping vines. 2. He watches Nascar on Sundays. I watch Real Housewives reruns on Sundays. 3. He does not drink coffee. I stumble and bump into things in the [...] Keep Reading

1. I finished my holiday cookbook. All that’s left is proofreading, editing, and cleaning my camera, which is coated in twelve holidays worth of food. It smells a little funky. 2. We hosted a wedding reception at the Lodge Friday night. Cowboy Josh got married and [...] Keep Reading

To dig a post hole, you need this. And it’s nice to have this…though many a post hole has been dug on this ranch without it. It also helps if you have some able-bodied kids… And it helps if you have muscles. [...] Keep Reading

Yesterday Marlboro Man and I drove an hour or so to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Honor Cottage, a beautiful getaway for veterans on Skiatook Lake here in Oklahoma. The cottage was built to be a place of retreat and healing for injured service members and their families, and was [...] Keep Reading

It’s hard to think of much else besides Oklahoma this morning. The storms were south of us and our ranch, family, and friends are just fine…but so many in our beautiful state are not. Oklahoma is strong and will recover, but I wanted to ask for your prayers today. - For those [...] Keep Reading

Dear PW: I am 26 and got married last July to my closest friend from college. He’s an amazing guy. Unfortunately I was in love and in a relationship with someone else but marriage was not in our cards for various reasons. In the end I was forced to give up on it and move on. [...] Keep Reading

His name is Kitten Kitten I love him; he’s so sweet. He likes to sit in planters And look for things to eat. He sees something: A critter! A bird? Maybe a mouse? Or maybe it’s a wee snake Slithering toward the house. Ne’er mind; [...] Keep Reading

1. My mom is here. Last night, just after she arrived, she made a dinner of homemade mac-and-cheese, a big chopped salad, and an enormous pan of lightly steamed broccoli, because my mom has never visited my house without making an enormous pan of lightly steamed broccoli at least once [...] Keep Reading

Marlboro Man and I were in bed last night (I believe that’s the first time I’ve ever written that phrase in the history of this website. Don’t worry! Read on…) and were fifteen minutes away from the ending of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” with Jimmy [...] Keep Reading

We arrived in Vail yesterday afternoon, and during the course of the next couple of hours, the rest of the family trickled in. It was so fun once everyone arrived; we all just looked at one another with these giddy expressions of glee. After all, we’d all made it safely through the [...] Keep Reading

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Saturday, April 4: Freezer Fundamentals! While ranch work is going on outside, freezer work is going on inside! I share four more of my favorite freezer basics, which can be made into a whole bunch of different meals.